The petitions earlier than the Court docket embrace one filed by the Federation of All India Medical Affiliation (FAIMA) and represented via Advocate Tanvi Dubey, which has sought replacement or restructuring of the NTA.
Amongst different prayers, the plea sought the “digital locking” of query papers, transition to a Pc-Based mostly Take a look at (CBT) mannequin and publication of centre-wise outcomes to detect anomalies. The petitioner has additionally filed an utility with strategies on how the shift to CBT could possibly be carried out.
One other petition, filed by the United Docs Entrance via advocates Ritu Reniwal and Charu Mathur, seeks the institution of a statutory nationwide testing physique, with higher oversight and direct parliamentary accountability.
A separate plea has additionally been filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh, social activist Anubhav Garg, Indian Medical Affiliation nationwide spokesperson Dhruv Chauhan and political chief Harisharan Devgan.
The plea seeks a transition of NEET-UG to a CBT format and the alternative of the NTA with a brand new impartial examination authority, amongst different prayers.
NEET was stricken by allegations of a paper leak in 2024 as properly. On the time, the Supreme Court docket accepted the NTA’s stand that the leak was not widespread and declined to order a re-examination.
Nonetheless, it warned that the NTA to be extra cautious and directed a seven-member committee shaped by the Central authorities to look at the problems and deal with them.
In Might this 12 months, nevertheless, the Court docket famous with despair that no classes appears to have been learnt by the NTA since then.
Therefore, it proceeded to listen to the petitions in search of numerous reforms.
